WGU D016 EXAM TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Expectancy Theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says that a school staff's
motivation level depends on the ability to successfully complete the task, achieve the
desired level of performance, and the desirability of the reward for completion.
✔✔Vroom-Jago Revised Model - ✔✔A leadership theory that says that there are certain
actions that a leader shouldn't take, used to decide if leaders should make a decision
alone or involve a group.
✔✔Vroom-Yetton Normative Decision Model - ✔✔A leadership theory that says when a
principal empowers employees to guide decisions based on their
knowledge/experience, the decision quality is better.
✔✔Fiedler Contingency Model of Leadership - ✔✔A leadership theory that says both
task-oriented and relationship-oriented leadership styles can be effective in certain
situations.
✔✔situational leadership theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says the situation matters
when assessing leadership, not just the traits of the leader.
✔✔collaborative leadership style - ✔✔A leadership style in which school leaders identify
their strengths/weaknesses then collaborate with others who have strengths that fill the
existing voids.
✔✔laissez-faire leadership style - ✔✔A leadership style in which the leader delegates
the powers of decision-making and planning to the followers but is still responsible for
the outcomes.
✔✔democratic leadership style - ✔✔A leadership style in which the leader uses shared
decision-making and views followers as equals.
, ✔✔internal feedback loop - ✔✔A feedback loop that directly evaluates individuals and
informs how their behavior is viewed.
✔✔external feedback loop - ✔✔A feedback loop that indirectly evaluates individuals by
examining the behavior of a school based on community expectations.
✔✔social system - ✔✔Says schools interact with the external environment and
community stakeholders to meet common goals.
✔✔open system - ✔✔Views organizations as systems of groups of participants, and as
NOT self-contained.
✔✔Hawthorne Studies - ✔✔Social factors affect workers' productivity more than
environmental factors like lighting or temperature.
✔✔natural system - ✔✔Sees organizations as social groups, uses a human-relations
approach, and views creative tension as helping to build an organization.
✔✔exception principle - ✔✔Supervisors must deal with the situations that arise that
don't fit an existing rule or regulation.
✔✔formalization - ✔✔The development of rules to help standardize performance and
promote rational decision-making based on facts.
✔✔goals - ✔✔Specific parameters to be met that are clear and can allow an
organization to work together towards a purpose.
✔✔rational system - ✔✔Sees organizations as machines to achieve specific goals and
focuses on efficiency/design through goals and formalization.
✔✔universal design - ✔✔When educators think about their students and their various
learning styles BEFORE creating content and making instruction/assessment decisions.
✔✔inclusion - ✔✔Considering the gen ed classroom as the placement of 1st choice for
all learners.
✔✔transparency - ✔✔Open communication of how and why decisions are made.
✔✔trust - ✔✔When students/staff respect the decision of the principal and believe the
principal has their best interests at heart.
✔✔conversational leadership - ✔✔When the leader intentionally uses conversation as a
core process for creating collective intelligence.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Expectancy Theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says that a school staff's
motivation level depends on the ability to successfully complete the task, achieve the
desired level of performance, and the desirability of the reward for completion.
✔✔Vroom-Jago Revised Model - ✔✔A leadership theory that says that there are certain
actions that a leader shouldn't take, used to decide if leaders should make a decision
alone or involve a group.
✔✔Vroom-Yetton Normative Decision Model - ✔✔A leadership theory that says when a
principal empowers employees to guide decisions based on their
knowledge/experience, the decision quality is better.
✔✔Fiedler Contingency Model of Leadership - ✔✔A leadership theory that says both
task-oriented and relationship-oriented leadership styles can be effective in certain
situations.
✔✔situational leadership theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says the situation matters
when assessing leadership, not just the traits of the leader.
✔✔collaborative leadership style - ✔✔A leadership style in which school leaders identify
their strengths/weaknesses then collaborate with others who have strengths that fill the
existing voids.
✔✔laissez-faire leadership style - ✔✔A leadership style in which the leader delegates
the powers of decision-making and planning to the followers but is still responsible for
the outcomes.
✔✔democratic leadership style - ✔✔A leadership style in which the leader uses shared
decision-making and views followers as equals.
, ✔✔internal feedback loop - ✔✔A feedback loop that directly evaluates individuals and
informs how their behavior is viewed.
✔✔external feedback loop - ✔✔A feedback loop that indirectly evaluates individuals by
examining the behavior of a school based on community expectations.
✔✔social system - ✔✔Says schools interact with the external environment and
community stakeholders to meet common goals.
✔✔open system - ✔✔Views organizations as systems of groups of participants, and as
NOT self-contained.
✔✔Hawthorne Studies - ✔✔Social factors affect workers' productivity more than
environmental factors like lighting or temperature.
✔✔natural system - ✔✔Sees organizations as social groups, uses a human-relations
approach, and views creative tension as helping to build an organization.
✔✔exception principle - ✔✔Supervisors must deal with the situations that arise that
don't fit an existing rule or regulation.
✔✔formalization - ✔✔The development of rules to help standardize performance and
promote rational decision-making based on facts.
✔✔goals - ✔✔Specific parameters to be met that are clear and can allow an
organization to work together towards a purpose.
✔✔rational system - ✔✔Sees organizations as machines to achieve specific goals and
focuses on efficiency/design through goals and formalization.
✔✔universal design - ✔✔When educators think about their students and their various
learning styles BEFORE creating content and making instruction/assessment decisions.
✔✔inclusion - ✔✔Considering the gen ed classroom as the placement of 1st choice for
all learners.
✔✔transparency - ✔✔Open communication of how and why decisions are made.
✔✔trust - ✔✔When students/staff respect the decision of the principal and believe the
principal has their best interests at heart.
✔✔conversational leadership - ✔✔When the leader intentionally uses conversation as a
core process for creating collective intelligence.
